George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.

And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.

Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .